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almost 60 million people watched mitt romney crush president obama last night. twitter blew up, biggest political night ever. so what did you guys think? let's start it out. polling, you were excited last night? >> it was great. twitter was going crazy. honestly, mitt romney made president obama look silly and small. he was great. mitt romney was. president obama was bumbling. he looked like he didn't want to be there. we heard all those analogies today. but i found it interesting that michael moore blamed john kerry, the debate prep guy. david axelrod blamed jim lehrer. al gore blamed the altitude. but nobody -- nobody blamed the president for being unprepared and outclassed by mitt romney last night. >> dana, take us deep into the psychology. what was going on? he looked like a man defeated. >> he sort of faded into the background initially. then i thought maybe it will get better. at the one hour mark, i thought wow, this is over. i thought romney was very bold. but he was also something different that he was fresh. and there is a huge gulf between the man th
almost 60 million people watched mitt romney crush president obama last night. twitter blew up, biggest political night ever. so what did you guys think? let's start it out. polling, you were excited last night? >> it was great. twitter was going crazy. honestly, mitt romney made president obama look silly and small. he was great. mitt romney was. president obama was bumbling. he looked like he didn't want to be there. we heard all those analogies today. but i found it interesting that...
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>>pat: nothing yet, just last night's interview which are not post debate but romney is gaining each day and i have a problem with seven day rolling am but i will not get into this. what is happening, the better obama early a week ago is being left out each day romney is clearly gaining support in the gallup poll. in rasmussen he is holding even the last night, you are right about the economy, romney has been pounding his theme even last night when he was in the debate and obama was very aggressive but romney was pounding his themes on the economy, on the debt, and in the cnn poll done after, which showed a slight lead over all win for the president, mainly because 71 percent of the people thought the president had exceeded expectations after last, the disaster in denver, on all of the issues, the economy, they picked romney better at 58 to 40. they picked him on the deficit almost 2-1. on energy, on health care and on the question a vision for the future, asked whether obama had a plan, 38 yes and 61 no and romney 49 no, 50 yes. it is not who won the spectator point but would actual
>>pat: nothing yet, just last night's interview which are not post debate but romney is gaining each day and i have a problem with seven day rolling am but i will not get into this. what is happening, the better obama early a week ago is being left out each day romney is clearly gaining support in the gallup poll. in rasmussen he is holding even the last night, you are right about the economy, romney has been pounding his theme even last night when he was in the debate and obama was very...
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i have to say last night i'm surprised that mitt romney did not come back and say, that conflict was attacked twice before that day. when are you talking about when you responded. there were two attacks before the attack on helping on 9/11, why not do that in the spring and a month before when a hole was blown through the wall of the embassy? four americans have died and you contradicted yourself and are blocking the american people from getting answers. >> senators john mccain and senator graham have written letters asking for answers. also, last night, this line, that the president was being especially careful dealing with the middle east, it is important not to go too far. >> showing self restraint. back to the federal bomb plot, the guy, and can want to jump to conclusion, he could be muslim. actually, he is a lutheran. obama has come out, already about this plot and playing the movie "wall street." he may arrest oliver stone. president obama is like a guy you cannot play trivial pursuit with. if the answer is "star wars," and he says star trek he will say that is what he said. i
i have to say last night i'm surprised that mitt romney did not come back and say, that conflict was attacked twice before that day. when are you talking about when you responded. there were two attacks before the attack on helping on 9/11, why not do that in the spring and a month before when a hole was blown through the wall of the embassy? four americans have died and you contradicted yourself and are blocking the american people from getting answers. >> senators john mccain and...
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it's like romney making a blockbuster night. of course, how about when 60 minutes i ditting out obama going yo, i'm the fourth best president. what is up with that? why is it selective? >> bob: listen, we have been following this distrust of the media, those of us in campaign business for a long time. people trust local news more than anything else. that gets high mark. local anchor guy. the problem with that, of course, they get their lead from the nationals. right? so it's, it's actually, a problem for the big media. but the local media that are trusted say what the big media is saying. >> eric: another example from today. cnn ditched the story that could end up being pretty darn big. if there is a trail between ambassador stevens' diary an ambassador stevens, to the state department -- >> bob: what do you mean? >> eric: they were on it. they reported. white house said don't do it anymore. they stopped. we have haven't heard boo since then. how can you trust the media if once they get pushback, they go oh, no. >> bob: maybe th
it's like romney making a blockbuster night. of course, how about when 60 minutes i ditting out obama going yo, i'm the fourth best president. what is up with that? why is it selective? >> bob: listen, we have been following this distrust of the media, those of us in campaign business for a long time. people trust local news more than anything else. that gets high mark. local anchor guy. the problem with that, of course, they get their lead from the nationals. right? so it's, it's...
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romney spent the night in boston belmont, massachusetts where he has a home . last night in new hampshire for a big rally. several thousand people and come back team and turn around team . believe in america banners and slogans here in full force and a feisty crowd. and today he will go down to virginia beach and he will take in a nascar race in richmond. it is not the president's proposal for a choice of candidates. he argued that any time a incumbent is up for reelection it is a record of that. >> and we'll hear for the remainder of the week all going after the obama record and the president's inability to turn the economy around. when it comes to who has the best ideas. mitt romney has the edge. but likeability the president has the edge. mr. romney will pick apart those issues. he will be concentrating his campaign efforts. and upon romney isolated eight spectacular states. virginia is key and new hampshire is key and later today, tomorrow and he will go to nevada and on for a big speech that he will give on september 11th and stop in ohio along the way. al
romney spent the night in boston belmont, massachusetts where he has a home . last night in new hampshire for a big rally. several thousand people and come back team and turn around team . believe in america banners and slogans here in full force and a feisty crowd. and today he will go down to virginia beach and he will take in a nascar race in richmond. it is not the president's proposal for a choice of candidates. he argued that any time a incumbent is up for reelection it is a record of...
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how would you grade mitt romney both on style and substance last night? >> i think governor romney did an outstanding job on substance for sure. if you give the president his due the president scored a lot of points on style last night mainly because the bar was set so low because of his terrible performance a couple weeks ago. as far as the substance of it mitt romney came out swinging on energy and i think that's going to help him in the swing state in pennsylvania. >> i feel like republicans are going to agree with you on that. democrats are going to say the president won. marjorie what about the independents? those are the ones each candidate really needed to win last night. >> this is the first time we saw the president turnout in these debates. we saw two potential presidential candidates standing there duking it out. who they might have lost are the women. there was a level of aggression we have not seen from either candidate and truly them sparring on stage and some of the comments about binders and how they were offhandedly referring to women a l
how would you grade mitt romney both on style and substance last night? >> i think governor romney did an outstanding job on substance for sure. if you give the president his due the president scored a lot of points on style last night mainly because the bar was set so low because of his terrible performance a couple weeks ago. as far as the substance of it mitt romney came out swinging on energy and i think that's going to help him in the swing state in pennsylvania. >> i feel like...
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. >> the president's campaign launching a full out attack on romney's time at bane capital accusing romney of jobs. last night on the factor bill o'reilly said he has done the same thing. >> they are for out sourcing when he did the exact same thing. the obama administration continues to make tax payer dollars available to the general electric corporation. there was lance for green energy projects. ge ploys 300 thousand people. fewer than half are working in the usa. less than half of ge's work force are employed in america. they keep heavers prophets overseas. there by avoiding the u.s. income tax. they pay 0 federal income tax in 2010 in the new york times. >> here is what brit hume has to say about that. >>> this has been going on for some peeweeks now. they have spent a lot of money hurling these charges for bane capital and mitt romney. it doesn't seem to have moved the needle of public opinion much. they are looking at this making cal laces and how much sfoend in treert to this and how much to p respond to all of this. they are taking the view they are better off keeping their powder
. >> the president's campaign launching a full out attack on romney's time at bane capital accusing romney of jobs. last night on the factor bill o'reilly said he has done the same thing. >> they are for out sourcing when he did the exact same thing. the obama administration continues to make tax payer dollars available to the general electric corporation. there was lance for green energy projects. ge ploys 300 thousand people. fewer than half are working in the usa. less than half...
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governor mitt romney any responded to the firestorm over the video in a short news conference last night saying that his position was not el guaranteely stated and he was speaking off the cuff. but he stands by his statement saying he is trying to bring in the 5 percent to 10 percent in the policy middle. today, conservatives are split on the comments. bill kristol said that romney seems to have contempt, not just for democrats who oppose him but for the tens of millions of americans who intend to vote if him. he called the remarks arrogant and stupid as he says were those of senator senator and candidate obama in 2008 when he said that people in small towns with high unemployment cling to guns or religion toward people not like this. senator obama still won the election and became president. as i reported, conservatives seem split with today many editorial writers calling the remarks a "breath of fresh air." carl cameron is following governor romney in dallas. fundraising is going on now. i guess opening up fundraisers and press to cameras is in response to the video. is that right? >>c
governor mitt romney any responded to the firestorm over the video in a short news conference last night saying that his position was not el guaranteely stated and he was speaking off the cuff. but he stands by his statement saying he is trying to bring in the 5 percent to 10 percent in the policy middle. today, conservatives are split on the comments. bill kristol said that romney seems to have contempt, not just for democrats who oppose him but for the tens of millions of americans who intend...
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>> bob: i think romney will make mistakes. >> eric: the debate monday night. the first friday in november. the october jobless numbers. the last two major things. if romney is below the radar -- >> dana: if they take any advice from me don't go on the comedy programs. >> kimberly: from now until the election. i think romney is peaking at the right time. he has momentum. directly ahead, some stunning new set showing how much money american taxpayers are spending. eric has the numbers when we come back. ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back. somber news on the economy. according to the senate budget committee and the congressional budget office, welfare spending in america crossed $1 trillion for the first time in history. that doesn't include social security or medicare. here is how it all breaks down. welfare is $1.03 trillion. defense spending -- bob, turn the phone off. now look at this. they're now more people receiving medicare and medicaid than all of the full-time private sector employees in america. folks, we reached that point. where there are officially more
>> bob: i think romney will make mistakes. >> eric: the debate monday night. the first friday in november. the october jobless numbers. the last two major things. if romney is below the radar -- >> dana: if they take any advice from me don't go on the comedy programs. >> kimberly: from now until the election. i think romney is peaking at the right time. he has momentum. directly ahead, some stunning new set showing how much money american taxpayers are spending. eric has...
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i thought he had a very good night. i thought mitt romney had a great night. seemed more comfortable with his skin and with his arguments than he has been. bill: that is interesting. why do you think that is the case? what changed for him? >> mitt romney brought in a new debate coach, bret o'donnell. very, very good. worked for john mccain and michele bachmann earlier in the cycle. he is very good. he has been known to come into the situations polish up the candidate that he is working for. that may have had some impact. i think mitt romney seemed very comfortable and was ready to go back at newt gingrich and was well-prepared. you had the moment where newt gingrich talked about mitt romney's mutual fund having been invested in fannie mae and freddie mac. newt sort of showing some indignation about that. mitt romney turning back quite calmly and saying do you know that you're invested in those as well? newt --. bill: seemed like romney did his homework. to the point you're making heres, listen to this exchange also. >> well, you and i have a great relationship
i thought he had a very good night. i thought mitt romney had a great night. seemed more comfortable with his skin and with his arguments than he has been. bill: that is interesting. why do you think that is the case? what changed for him? >> mitt romney brought in a new debate coach, bret o'donnell. very, very good. worked for john mccain and michele bachmann earlier in the cycle. he is very good. he has been known to come into the situations polish up the candidate that he is working...
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last night romney said his remarks may not have been elegant but he largely stuck by his word. >> there is a different approach of the two different campaigns. as i point out i recognize that along those that pay no tax approximately 47 percent of americans i am not likely to be highly successful with the message of lowering taxes that's not attractive to those who don't pay income taxes as it is to those who do. likewise those who are reliant on government are not as ail tracted to my message of slimming down the size of government. >> the obama campaign seized on the video saying this it is hard to serve as president for all americans when you disdainfully written off half of the nation. romney says he was speaking off-the-cuff at the fundraiser and he's havicanning the entire video be released for a full context. >> thank you, doug. >> time for your 5@5:30. two american citizens imprisoned in the country of gambia have been released and they are coming home. jesse jackson meeting with the president yesterday in negotiating for their freedom. the two gambian american citizens were con
last night romney said his remarks may not have been elegant but he largely stuck by his word. >> there is a different approach of the two different campaigns. as i point out i recognize that along those that pay no tax approximately 47 percent of americans i am not likely to be highly successful with the message of lowering taxes that's not attractive to those who don't pay income taxes as it is to those who do. likewise those who are reliant on government are not as ail tracted to my...
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he spent the night at the fundraiser raking in $2 million. the highlight saying he would put a bus of winston churchill. they weren't happy when president obama removed that in 2009. >> we are hours away from the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympics. first lady michelle obama praised team usa at a breakfast honoring all of our athletes. >> being here is other worldly for me. i am still so inspired all of you. i am still in awe of everything you have achieved. >> prince william inducted kate along with prince harry greeted the torch on the way to buckingham pal at thaace. >> now extreme weather. severe thunderstorms pounding the northeast downing trees knocking out power to thousands of people. marianne rafferty is here with a closer look at that for us. good morning mary ann. >> mother nature unleashing powerful storms. 200 thousand people in ohio, new york and pennsylvania in the dark with no power. take a look at this home video. in muncie, pennsylvania capturing what some believe was a tornado. the storm bringing on heavy downpours and hi
he spent the night at the fundraiser raking in $2 million. the highlight saying he would put a bus of winston churchill. they weren't happy when president obama removed that in 2009. >> we are hours away from the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympics. first lady michelle obama praised team usa at a breakfast honoring all of our athletes. >> being here is other worldly for me. i am still so inspired all of you. i am still in awe of everything you have achieved. >> prince...
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picked up more than 80 delegates last night putting him well over halfway to the nomination and romney travels to washington, dc for a speech and back to the campaign trail, in pennsylvania. so, that the latest here at six minutes past the hour. >> thank you, doug. family and friends gathered to remember those who died on monday at oikos university in oakland, california as we look at the man who killed seven and wounding three others. the 43-year-old was troubled, actionry, facing deep financial problems, and goh, a former nursing student at the university, had been planning the attack for weeks. authorities say he order people into a class to line up and began shooting and targeting female school administration but she was not on campus. he dropped out of school after fight with administration over too wig. goh will cooperate with authorities, though, but still will not say where he put the gun he used. goh says classmates teased him about his age and broken english and will be arraigned, today. >> delta four rocket blasted into space and is carrying a satellite but everyone is keepi
picked up more than 80 delegates last night putting him well over halfway to the nomination and romney travels to washington, dc for a speech and back to the campaign trail, in pennsylvania. so, that the latest here at six minutes past the hour. >> thank you, doug. family and friends gathered to remember those who died on monday at oikos university in oakland, california as we look at the man who killed seven and wounding three others. the 43-year-old was troubled, actionry, facing deep...
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romney only has one other event and that's tomorrow night in daytona beach. >> that should be interesting. the vice president was out on the trail today, and he got a little bit mixed up on the wars. >> he did. he was throwing grenades so to speak rhetorically at mr. romney and started asking whether or not voters believed mr. romney's plan to keep spending where it is in the military as opposed to some of the defense cuts mr. obama has propose said a good idea or bad idea, and then he asked this question about whether they had served in two countries. watch. >> having been in afghanistan 20 times and my son serving there. the sacrifices. how many know somebody who served in iraq or iran? how many of you know someone who has been injured or lost this iraq and eye reason? and iran. >> that's the thing where if he said it in the vice presidential debate last week it would have been a disaster. there have not been any troops in iran in decades, if ever really. >> the president and the governor are here for the al smith dinner about 9:00 eastern and 8:00 central. we will be streaming it live
romney only has one other event and that's tomorrow night in daytona beach. >> that should be interesting. the vice president was out on the trail today, and he got a little bit mixed up on the wars. >> he did. he was throwing grenades so to speak rhetorically at mr. romney and started asking whether or not voters believed mr. romney's plan to keep spending where it is in the military as opposed to some of the defense cuts mr. obama has propose said a good idea or bad idea, and then...
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thing about last night's speech from mitt romney is the introduction. ann romney is so comfortable on stage. >> absolutely. she introed her husband, her better half and he took aim not at his rivals but on the guy who currently has the keys to air force one. >> listen. >> three years ago this week, a newly elected president obama faced the american people and said look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one term proposition and we're here to collect. 35 months of unemployment above 8% and under this president, more americans have lost their jobs and more home foreclosures have occurred than under the administration of any other president in history. the president actually said these words -- he said let's remember now how we got here. don't worry, mr. president, we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! leadership is about taking responsibility. not making excuses. in another era of american crisis, thomas payne is reported to have said lead, follow or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you w
thing about last night's speech from mitt romney is the introduction. ann romney is so comfortable on stage. >> absolutely. she introed her husband, her better half and he took aim not at his rivals but on the guy who currently has the keys to air force one. >> listen. >> three years ago this week, a newly elected president obama faced the american people and said look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one term proposition and we're here...
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that hurt romney. >>shepard: you cannot overlook the candy crowley objection, there were a number of way she could have got, and there was a lot of pressure, but you could is said, well, if you said that night it was a terror attack and that is what you meant, what was susan rice on the sunday morning shows on the following day. that would have been an easier thing from which form could pivot. >>guest: that is right. in the spin room after the debate the romney campaign surrogates were saying they were flabbergasted what the president was saying calling him a liar. the former governor of new hampshire said many times to me after the debate that the president was a liar. >>shepard: well, the president said in the first 30 minutes of the debate last night, i counted five different times that he said governor romney, you are not telling the truth. you are not telling the truth. or that is false. the things about which the president got criticized from his own party, are not available for criticism this ti
that hurt romney. >>shepard: you cannot overlook the candy crowley objection, there were a number of way she could have got, and there was a lot of pressure, but you could is said, well, if you said that night it was a terror attack and that is what you meant, what was susan rice on the sunday morning shows on the following day. that would have been an easier thing from which form could pivot. >>guest: that is right. in the spin room after the debate the romney campaign surrogates...
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do you believe gingrich and santorum are going to gang up on mitt romney tomorrow night, mr. rove. >> not if they want to win the east coast. if this is an east coast in which santorum and gingrich come out throwing hay makers at romney it, makes the evening more out of control, it gives them less control over the outcome, and keeps them from achieving what they both need to do, which has more to do with each other, with santorum and gingrich than what the two of them beating up on romney. >> okay. but my contention is that there isn't any difference between gingrich, santorum and romney, really. all their economic proposals pretty much the same. they want smaller government, less taxation. there is not a lot to differentiate them. so they almost have to go after each other. you know cnn is going to bear bait them. put the carrot in front of their nose and try to get them. you know cnn is going to go after santorum social positions on contraception and. there is a report on drudge today about satan, somehow satan is now injected in the republic primary. i mean, so you know al
do you believe gingrich and santorum are going to gang up on mitt romney tomorrow night, mr. rove. >> not if they want to win the east coast. if this is an east coast in which santorum and gingrich come out throwing hay makers at romney it, makes the evening more out of control, it gives them less control over the outcome, and keeps them from achieving what they both need to do, which has more to do with each other, with santorum and gingrich than what the two of them beating up on...
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. >> on election night the romney cavern h camp had no idea what was hitting them. i wonder if that was behind the evenings most talked about television moment. >> one of the biggest blocks of votes in the state are republican suburbs. >> rove was talking to the romney campaign they still believed their man could win. >> they believed it. >> and they believed it. as a matter of fact you are absolutely right hamilton county historically democratic party went into the obama column. >> rove insists republicans can compete and will even win this new political arms race that will excite many gop partisans who just want a victory. but will this new way of politics just give us better manipulators rather than better leaders? >> what happens to old still political gut and leadership where you are out there trying to sell an idea to people and convince voters this idea is worth voting for? >> you put your finger on a good thing, because if you rely on the data to tidictate everythin to you you make no room for leadership. responsibility of leadership is not just to follow bu
. >> on election night the romney cavern h camp had no idea what was hitting them. i wonder if that was behind the evenings most talked about television moment. >> one of the biggest blocks of votes in the state are republican suburbs. >> rove was talking to the romney campaign they still believed their man could win. >> they believed it. >> and they believed it. as a matter of fact you are absolutely right hamilton county historically democratic party went into...
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. >> nearly half of america mitt romney's half election night 2012 came as a shock with a terrible rae con me at home and new dangers abroad president obama seemed so beatable. romney didn't know what obama did. >> obama's team time and money something new with politics. >> he literally wrote the book on the new signs of political campaigning that obama mastered. >> make sure the people know how to vote. >> by furnish nashing data. the obama campaign made a virtual profile of every single persuadeable voter in the country. then with experiments in behavioral psychology they targeted people with personalized messages and coaxed them to the polls. >> these are pharmaceutical trials. >> the home of the labor hood giant afl cio. inside is the analyst institute. >> what is this? >> a consortium of liberal groups parties campaigns and consultants designed to do science and help democrats win elections. >> he like ens the enter prides to the manhattan project with the goal of developing political super weapons. it was first seen in a michigan governor's race 6 years ago. they were testing a c
. >> nearly half of america mitt romney's half election night 2012 came as a shock with a terrible rae con me at home and new dangers abroad president obama seemed so beatable. romney didn't know what obama did. >> obama's team time and money something new with politics. >> he literally wrote the book on the new signs of political campaigning that obama mastered. >> make sure the people know how to vote. >> by furnish nashing data. the obama campaign made a virtual...
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. >>> mitt romney two for two last night. he not only won the primaries in arkansas and kentucky he out performed them in 6 of the states. the president got 58 percent. in arkansas romney grabbed 68 percent the president 58 percent. coming in second to president obama this is weird in the state of arkansas. john wolf sunor a lawyer on the ballot from tennessee he got over 40 percent of the vote. less than 100 delegates away from the magic number of 1,144. >> ex%ing thpecting that to hapt week. >> a woman claims she has a bomb implanted inside her body. the woman a french citizen and native handed a flight attendant the vote two f-15 fighters went with the plane until it landed. >> (inaudible n. ( >> she finally they took her to the back and she stayed in back. next thing i know we were landing in bangor. >> the woman was travelling alone. without any luggage. >> strange. >> former first lady nancy reagan is recovering from broken ribs. she fell about 6 weeks ago in her home in los angeles. she had been expected to attend a sp
. >>> mitt romney two for two last night. he not only won the primaries in arkansas and kentucky he out performed them in 6 of the states. the president got 58 percent. in arkansas romney grabbed 68 percent the president 58 percent. coming in second to president obama this is weird in the state of arkansas. john wolf sunor a lawyer on the ballot from tennessee he got over 40 percent of the vote. less than 100 delegates away from the magic number of 1,144. >> ex%ing thpecting that...
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what happened with that debate is romney got it all back in 90 minutes in one night and maybe even more. it is very telling a poll has romney up slightly beyond the margin of error. we are talking about the ones that are extremely likely to vote. romney among all of the voters are extremely likely to vote. he was up by 6 three weeks ago down by 3. that's a nine-point swing among people who will surely be out there on el lek day. i think right now the race is tied with romney still i think having some of the momentum from the debate and i think the rest of the story will be determined the remaining debate. >> before you leave the house this morning let's get your first degree weather update with maria molina. >> good to see you. we are talking about cool temperatures across parts of the midwest the great lakes northeast and even down into portions of the south once again. take a look at some of the current temperatures across the northeast. 36 in syracuse 37 in during ton. we have a number of freeze warnings in effect and also frost advisories from parts of up state new york through cent
what happened with that debate is romney got it all back in 90 minutes in one night and maybe even more. it is very telling a poll has romney up slightly beyond the margin of error. we are talking about the ones that are extremely likely to vote. romney among all of the voters are extremely likely to vote. he was up by 6 three weeks ago down by 3. that's a nine-point swing among people who will surely be out there on el lek day. i think right now the race is tied with romney still i think...
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this is exactly what people are talking about this morning. >> last night on "hannity"." romney surrogate and john sin knew knew went with raum wion williams. >> all the president has been doing is condemning success. how can you be president of america. how can you be president of this country if you condemn the success that america is noted for. when you de mean the business people diparticularly the small business people that you hope some of the jobs this administration hasn't been able to coax out of the private sector, when i you insult them they are not going to make investments here and create jobs with a president like that. i guarantee you what we are seeing in the private sector is a hoarding of capital. they are wait to go see the result of the presidential election. is >> in other words, the people of america are being punished by the rich who you say are hoarding capital. >> no. >> they don't care about making money k this don't care about providing jobs to the people. you are hurting your argument. >> they are scared stiff of the xi t incompetence of the wh
this is exactly what people are talking about this morning. >> last night on "hannity"." romney surrogate and john sin knew knew went with raum wion williams. >> all the president has been doing is condemning success. how can you be president of america. how can you be president of this country if you condemn the success that america is noted for. when you de mean the business people diparticularly the small business people that you hope some of the jobs this...
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hillary calling it an early night. she only stayed about 30 minutes. that's your 5 at@5:00. >>> now look who is talking. >> this morning hillary rosen's comments about ann romney still a big talker. >> the congresswoman was on meet the press where she said stay at home moms had the best pull on the economy. >> i thought it was shocking and insulting. i am a mother of 5 i have been at home full-time with my concern and also worked full-time as a federal tax litigation oeattorney. when women are home full-time they have a bert pulse on the economy even their husbands have because they are the ones who are directly impacted by the price of groceries, by the price of gasoline, by the price of dealing with banking and all of the other factors of running a home. ann romney understood the economy. i think women all across the country are highly involved because woman have born the brunt of the failed economic policies under barack obama. >> about that economy michelle ba michelleback man is referring to? he puts the blame on other factors. >> the crisis in eu
hillary calling it an early night. she only stayed about 30 minutes. that's your 5 at@5:00. >>> now look who is talking. >> this morning hillary rosen's comments about ann romney still a big talker. >> the congresswoman was on meet the press where she said stay at home moms had the best pull on the economy. >> i thought it was shocking and insulting. i am a mother of 5 i have been at home full-time with my concern and also worked full-time as a federal tax litigation...
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. >> bob: watch fox and get a good night's sleep. >> kimberly: bob, we are going to give you positive pills. how about that? >> bob: i'm very positive. except people like pawlenty and romney. >> kimberly: it's realistic and they have a right to run the campaign and the ad. and respond to attacks that were put out against them. obviously, president obama is concerned about romney. he is concerned about michele bachmann. >> greg: the phrase kill romney. it wasn't romney. >> bob: who did? >> andrew: a phrase that incendiary, kill romney. >> dana: i don't think president obama would sanction it. even if you are a unnamed democratic operative, it matters. i want to ask about another possible candidate out today flirting with running for president. >> greg: he has a great mustache. that's why i vote for him. ambassador john boll top is considering throwing himself in the race. what i like about boll top is he is the truly anti-obama. i wouldn't call him charming, but i would call him substantial. that is the opposite of obama who is charming and insubstantial. >> dana: the quote says, "toda
. >> bob: watch fox and get a good night's sleep. >> kimberly: bob, we are going to give you positive pills. how about that? >> bob: i'm very positive. except people like pawlenty and romney. >> kimberly: it's realistic and they have a right to run the campaign and the ad. and respond to attacks that were put out against them. obviously, president obama is concerned about romney. he is concerned about michele bachmann. >> greg: the phrase kill romney. it wasn't...
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tt rmneyalfy half of america, >> to nearly half of america, mitt romney's half, election night came as a shock. with a terrible economy at home and new dangers abroad, president obama seemed so beatable. but romney didn't know what obama knew. >> all right. look at this one. >> obama's team used the advantages of incumbency, time and money to create something new in politics. >> he created the perfect political corporation. >> sasha eisenberg wrote the book. >> make sure the people know how to vote. >> harnessing data like tv viewing habits, voting history, social media, the obama campaign made a profile of every persuadable voter in the country. and then with behavioral psychology, they targeted people with personalized messages and coaxed them to the polls. >> these are like drug trials, pharmaceutical trials, where the voters are the guinea pigs. >> it was developed in this plain-looking wash t. c. office building, home to the afl-cio. inside is a secretive entity called the analyst institute. >> what is the analyst institute? >> it is a consortium of liberal group, parties, campaig
tt rmneyalfy half of america, >> to nearly half of america, mitt romney's half, election night came as a shock. with a terrible economy at home and new dangers abroad, president obama seemed so beatable. but romney didn't know what obama knew. >> all right. look at this one. >> obama's team used the advantages of incumbency, time and money to create something new in politics. >> he created the perfect political corporation. >> sasha eisenberg wrote the book....
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it all started last night when the strategist suggested ann romney should not advise her husband on economic issues facing women because she was a stay-at-home mom. in response, ann romney took to twitter and said "i made a choice to stay home and raise five boys, believe me it was hard work." an hour ago the strategist released a statement calling her words "poorly chosen," the statement reads in part "as a partner in a firm full of women who work outside the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children equality is not a pointing point to me but an issue i live every day and apologized to ann romney and anyone else who was offended. james rosen, a lot of powerful people are weighing in. what a windfall for the republicans. >>reporter: it has lit up the twitter sphere and is a rallying cry as both parties accused other of waging a war on the increasingly influential voting block: women. her decision to apologize to ann romney came after a torrent of criticism from outside and in her own party after america's most prominent democratic woman weighed in. every mother works
it all started last night when the strategist suggested ann romney should not advise her husband on economic issues facing women because she was a stay-at-home mom. in response, ann romney took to twitter and said "i made a choice to stay home and raise five boys, believe me it was hard work." an hour ago the strategist released a statement calling her words "poorly chosen," the statement reads in part "as a partner in a firm full of women who work outside the home as...
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>> bob: i think romney will make mistakes. >> eric: the debate monday night. the first friday in november. the october jobless numbers. the last two major things. if romney is below the radar -- >> dana: if they take any advice from me don't go on the comedy programs. >> kimberly: from now until the election. i think romney is peaking at the right time. he has momentum. directly ahead, some stunning new set showing how much money american taxpayers are spending. eric has the numbers when we come back. [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with a low national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on your medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go twalmart.com forails. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer
>> bob: i think romney will make mistakes. >> eric: the debate monday night. the first friday in november. the october jobless numbers. the last two major things. if romney is below the radar -- >> dana: if they take any advice from me don't go on the comedy programs. >> kimberly: from now until the election. i think romney is peaking at the right time. he has momentum. directly ahead, some stunning new set showing how much money american taxpayers are spending. eric has...
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we saw humor last night from mitt romney. talking about how -- when he started his business, he thought about approaching his church's retirement fund but didn't want to lose his investors' money and go to hell. and look, it's hard to pick out one line in most speeches that sort of represents all. but last night we saw a tone. that mattered, respectful, polite, critique of obama, pointed, direct, used the president's own words to he indicationally mock him as in the bite we saw. but more than that, we saw mitt romney expressing who he is, what the values are in his heart and what the arc of his life has been like and what it is he would do if president. >> i agree with what karl said. one thing is it was disappointment, not anger. i'm a democrat, i don't like it when they do it right, but that's the right way. that's the right way to come -- >> steve: you say that because you're a fair guy. >> that's what it is. >> let's step back for the week. that has been one of the big goals of this effort was to critique the president, n
we saw humor last night from mitt romney. talking about how -- when he started his business, he thought about approaching his church's retirement fund but didn't want to lose his investors' money and go to hell. and look, it's hard to pick out one line in most speeches that sort of represents all. but last night we saw a tone. that mattered, respectful, polite, critique of obama, pointed, direct, used the president's own words to he indicationally mock him as in the bite we saw. but more than...
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barak obama did horribly in his first debate against mitt romney. and he may have learned things last night. do you expect a different tone next time around? >> i think he may become too aggressive and he needs to caution against. and he in this setting. i think hillary clinton can a good job provoking him and he took the bait but he could have been more aggressive and because p he's getting feedback that he is have pushed on benghazi and i think he runs the risk of being more aggressive in the next debate. >> so who won? >> depending on who you are talking. to if you are for hillary, you thought she did great. and trump supporter, he was restrained and had missed opportunities but not saying he failed the debate. i don't think there was a specific winner or loser and there is more debates to go and i think the next debate, i think trump will be unleashed. >> the movement has been in his direction up to last night and maybe continuing. you think their performances will change things one way or the other. >> i don't think there will be a last being i
barak obama did horribly in his first debate against mitt romney. and he may have learned things last night. do you expect a different tone next time around? >> i think he may become too aggressive and he needs to caution against. and he in this setting. i think hillary clinton can a good job provoking him and he took the bait but he could have been more aggressive and because p he's getting feedback that he is have pushed on benghazi and i think he runs the risk of being more aggressive...
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i want to ask you quickly about last night, mrs. romney spoke. and you're here, you know mrs. romney. tell me what you thought about the speech. >> i thought it was unbelievable and i also saw her this morning she was submitting a video saying i'm worried about one thing, they're going to come in and nominate ann romney instead of me. he was very cute about that and that is true. she has an incredible speaker and a dynamic woman. a great mother. and she's brilliant. and frankly i've been disappointed by comments i've heard about her from fox's own juan williams. but that is ridiculous calling her a corporate wife. she's mer than that. i sat with the governor's wives, first ladies of pennsylvania and idaho and they were talking about this morning how disaptsed they were in that. >> greta: and governor rick scott is not here. >> he's not. he's, you know i've talked with the governor three four times per day. he is so disappointed he's not here but he has to look out for 19 million floridian autos suffering from the storm that came through. yes. >> it did. he said palm beach is u
i want to ask you quickly about last night, mrs. romney spoke. and you're here, you know mrs. romney. tell me what you thought about the speech. >> i thought it was unbelievable and i also saw her this morning she was submitting a video saying i'm worried about one thing, they're going to come in and nominate ann romney instead of me. he was very cute about that and that is true. she has an incredible speaker and a dynamic woman. a great mother. and she's brilliant. and frankly i've been...
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>>neil: is he changing the tone of romney from an event last night that governor romney had in new hampshire that got nasty. respond to this. >> we need the government to spend money. we need the government to--. >> did someone say we don't need any government? all i didn't say that. >> someone not room, and it was me, they should not spend more than we take in. >> do you have a question? and let me answer your question. >> yes, my question is this: how do you think the government cannot provide funds for the people? the citizens? >> let me answer. of course government provides funds for the people, the citizens. of course we take care of america when there national disasters, of course we honor our promises to seniors, of course it costs money, but not more than you take in. 50 states in america, 50 states in america balance their budget every year, 50 states in america balance their budget, i balance the budget every year. you had your town, madam, let me have my turn. >>neil: this is the second time in as many weeks he has had an in your face encounters, i don't know if it is by design or
>>neil: is he changing the tone of romney from an event last night that governor romney had in new hampshire that got nasty. respond to this. >> we need the government to spend money. we need the government to--. >> did someone say we don't need any government? all i didn't say that. >> someone not room, and it was me, they should not spend more than we take in. >> do you have a question? and let me answer your question. >> yes, my question is this: how do...
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>> i think it was a pretty bad night actually for mitt romney. a great night for us. we used last night and the months leading up to last night as a test run for building what will be the most significant effective grassroots presidential campaign in history. we had 25,000 iowans show up to caucuses across the state, listen to president obama live stream into those caucus sites, had an opportunity to ask him some questions and had 7500 iowans sign up to volunteer on the campaign. and move forward starting today to help him win iowa and win on november 5th. >> at the same time, a record turnout -- at the same time, there's a record turnout for republicans, 122,255 people came out. >> about the same as four years ago. >> still, it's a record turnout. but i guess my question is how can it not be bad news for you that mitt romney wins iowa? because 10 days ago, nobody thought he was going to win this thing and now he's going to go into new hampshire where people think he will be the inevitable winner there. and this is not good news for the president because otherwise, yo
>> i think it was a pretty bad night actually for mitt romney. a great night for us. we used last night and the months leading up to last night as a test run for building what will be the most significant effective grassroots presidential campaign in history. we had 25,000 iowans show up to caucuses across the state, listen to president obama live stream into those caucus sites, had an opportunity to ask him some questions and had 7500 iowans sign up to volunteer on the campaign. and move...
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responding to the president's reelection tactics last night on "hannity"." >> i think it is time for the truth. i think the american people recognize we have important challenges and we have to have swub who will speak in an honest adult way. this kind of incendiary effort of the obama team i don't think will connect with the american people. he will fire up their base but the people who will be deciding those people who voted for president obama last time will not vote for him again because the last four years have been harder than they had expected. harder than they were told it would be. need to hear what our plans are and decide who has credibility to get the economy going again. we are in the longest slows recovery in recorded history for this country and it is because of president's policies are so tuned into the old liberal priechs in the past. they didn't work back then, they are not working now. >> hannity tried to get information on potential vp picks. he said he had no information to give. >>> now for the 5@5:00. top lheadlines we have primary news with scott walker he kno
responding to the president's reelection tactics last night on "hannity"." >> i think it is time for the truth. i think the american people recognize we have important challenges and we have to have swub who will speak in an honest adult way. this kind of incendiary effort of the obama team i don't think will connect with the american people. he will fire up their base but the people who will be deciding those people who voted for president obama last time will not vote for...
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governor mitt romney had a sterling business record last night at a handful of fund raisers in new york city the former president said elt electing mi -- electing mitt roo be colamathus for the country. >> if we ever get out of this thing we are going to cut taxes so much we explode the debt and see just how high we can drive interest rates. that is their economic policy. it was their economic policy and it is and it doesn't work. >>> president obama raised $3.6 million at the events last night. in his remarks the president told supporters he has kept government spending in check. >> the two presidents over the last 30 years, 40 years who have had the lowest increases in government spend, you are looking at them right here. they are on this stage. >> that drew a quick response from the romney campaign which said that the idea of president obama as a fiscal conservative is quote laughable. a spokesman continued in a statement saying quote after promising to cut the deficit in half the president has presided over 5 trillion in new debt and $1 trillion deficit after another. this is anothe
governor mitt romney had a sterling business record last night at a handful of fund raisers in new york city the former president said elt electing mi -- electing mitt roo be colamathus for the country. >> if we ever get out of this thing we are going to cut taxes so much we explode the debt and see just how high we can drive interest rates. that is their economic policy. it was their economic policy and it is and it doesn't work. >>> president obama raised $3.6 million at the...
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last night, mitt romney said he had nothing to hide, and that he has paid everything he owes uncle sam. listen. >> i am sure people will talk about it, you will see my incomes and the taxes i paid and how much i paid to charity, and will there be discussions? an article? yes, but is it legal and fair? absolutely. >> entirely legal and fair he says absolutely and it turns out the other republican contenders have plenty of cash to their names. the chief fox correspondent jonathan hunt. so mitt romney has a lot of cash, where does he spend it? >>jonathan: as you said, he gave several million to charity, but he also sinks a lot of cash into real estate. look at these two homes. in california, $12 million on that mansion. also, has an estate in new hampshire on the right, there, officially assessed at $4.3 million and he sold his mansion in massachusetts, and that was worth several million, too, and he also sold a home in beautiful park city, utah, take a look at that. not too shabby listed at just over $5 million and the only house she interested in is the white one that the president live
last night, mitt romney said he had nothing to hide, and that he has paid everything he owes uncle sam. listen. >> i am sure people will talk about it, you will see my incomes and the taxes i paid and how much i paid to charity, and will there be discussions? an article? yes, but is it legal and fair? absolutely. >> entirely legal and fair he says absolutely and it turns out the other republican contenders have plenty of cash to their names. the chief fox correspondent jonathan...
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. >>> mitt romney and his wife ann sat down with sean hannity last night. romney listened to specific plans that he has to turn the economy around. >> number one get rid of obama care. it saves $100 billion a year to get rid of it. number two, get rid of other programs we like but we can't borrow money to pay for them. we eliminate programs number two take other programs that are helpful that we do like but none the less can be run more efficiently at the state level cap their growth at the rate of inflation medicaid inflation plus one percent you do that you save another $100 billion as year plus by growing these problems at the rate of inflation finally you reduce the number of federal employees with attrition over time. you do those things and by 8-10 years america has a balanced budget. then you start generating the kind of returns to allow us to start paying down the debt. >> ann romney telling hannity what she is hearing from voters on the campaign trail. romney wrapping up this battle ground bus tour in michigan yesterday. >>> 17 minutes after the ho
. >>> mitt romney and his wife ann sat down with sean hannity last night. romney listened to specific plans that he has to turn the economy around. >> number one get rid of obama care. it saves $100 billion a year to get rid of it. number two, get rid of other programs we like but we can't borrow money to pay for them. we eliminate programs number two take other programs that are helpful that we do like but none the less can be run more efficiently at the state level cap their...
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we heard obama say a couple nights ago say romneyhood. yesterday romney came out with obamaloni. we wonder if you have crazy bumper sticker phrases you want to share with the campaign. live in new york city 12 minutes from now. right here on the fox news channel. ú?Ñx@wúp9÷÷@;÷9 >> 8 minutes to the top of the hour. pizza lovers you will be payg more for pizza. the ceo says once the president's healthcare plan takes effect he will be charging between 11-14 cents more per pie. they are having to offer coverage to more of the 15,000 plus employees or pay the federal penalty. talk about being unfit for the job. a new study shows over weight doctors are more likely to give their patients inferior care. one example 93 percent of doctors admitted they only diagnose and treat patients for obesity if it is cleesh the patient is heavier than they are. >> thank you so much. good news for those looking for a job right now. the labor department says the jobs openings in june were the highest in four years. fox business network diane macedo has more. >>> the labor bept department sa
we heard obama say a couple nights ago say romneyhood. yesterday romney came out with obamaloni. we wonder if you have crazy bumper sticker phrases you want to share with the campaign. live in new york city 12 minutes from now. right here on the fox news channel. ú?Ñx@wúp9÷÷@;÷9 >> 8 minutes to the top of the hour. pizza lovers you will be payg more for pizza. the ceo says once the president's healthcare plan takes effect he will be charging between 11-14 cents more per pie....
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here is what hhs secretary said last night about that. >> what is missing from the romney-ryan plan for medicare, is medicare. so, instead of the medicare guarantee, republicans would give seniors a voucher that limits what is covered. that would cost seniors up to $6,400 more a year. >>shannon: if that number was accurate, it would not impact any senior currently on medicare and would not kick in until 2022. but the number is not accurate and based on outdated ryan plan that is significantly different from two things: romney's plan and the revised updated ryan plan. in fact, in the updated land for medicare, spending is now slated to grow at the same right as it said in the president's proposed budget plan for medicare. well watch the speeches tonight. back to you, shep. >>shepard: good deal, shannon. more passionate speeches came from the massachusetts governor last night. governor romney was the governor there back in the day, and what he was saying the governor romney did not do a good job and got on that record and made the case for president obama to have four more years. >> this
here is what hhs secretary said last night about that. >> what is missing from the romney-ryan plan for medicare, is medicare. so, instead of the medicare guarantee, republicans would give seniors a voucher that limits what is covered. that would cost seniors up to $6,400 more a year. >>shannon: if that number was accurate, it would not impact any senior currently on medicare and would not kick in until 2022. but the number is not accurate and based on outdated ryan plan that is...
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governor mitt romney was on the kelly file last night. >> stand back and say it is disconcerting for the commander-in-chief to send 415 men and women into harm's way and still we don't have a strategy for you to be successful. the president is going about this backwards. we are putting in a few people here and there without knowing why they are there or what they're supposed to accomplish what the end game is. we don't send men and women into harm's way until we understand the mission from the beginning, how we know whether we have won and how we get out. >> does mitt romney make a point? it is not just the mission the president hasn't articulated. it is the goals and the most important thing is defining who we are fighting. he hasn't called out the enemy. there are three huge things missing when you send americans whether they are advisers or troops into harm's way. >> that is a perfect example of why i voted for mitt romney for president. very clearly defined strategy. they would love to hear that from their commander-in-chief. we need to take the gloves off of our fighters having
governor mitt romney was on the kelly file last night. >> stand back and say it is disconcerting for the commander-in-chief to send 415 men and women into harm's way and still we don't have a strategy for you to be successful. the president is going about this backwards. we are putting in a few people here and there without knowing why they are there or what they're supposed to accomplish what the end game is. we don't send men and women into harm's way until we understand the mission...